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| Location | Maidenhead, England |
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| Public transit |  Maidenhead |
| Owner | Maidenhead United |
| Capacity | 4,500 (550 seated) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1871 |
| Tenants | |
| Maidenhead United (1871–present) Hayes & Yeading United (2014–2016) | |
York Road is afootball stadium inMaidenhead,Berkshire, England. The home ground ofMaidenhead United, it is acknowledged byThe Football Association andFIFA to be the oldest continuously-used seniorassociation football ground in the world by the same club, having been home to the club since 1871.[1] Ablue plaque commemorating this is placed just inside the home turnstiles on the York Road side of the ground.[2]
The ground was initially the home of Maidenhead Cricket Club and it was with their permission that, shortly after their foundation in 1870, the football club played their first match at York Road on 16 February 1871 againstMarlow. It is officially known as the Desborough Sports Ground, named after the patron of sport in the town, William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, who sold the ground to the club in 1921. The Magpies have continued to play home matches here, to the present day.
The current capacity of the ground is 4,500 (550 seated) and holds an "A" grading. The club's record attendance is 7,989 for the 1936FA Amateur Cup quarter-final againstSouthall. A further 2,000 spectators are estimated to have watched the match from the adjacent railway embankment. The ground record attendance was set on Easter Monday 1947 when 8,277 people paid total receipts of £494 to watch the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup Final betweenSlough Town andWycombe Wanderers.
The ground facilitates fans in a mixture of covered all-seater stands, covered and uncovered traditional terraces and flat concrete by the side of the pitch. As well as the normal facilities for lower-league football, the ground hostsStripes Bar which can be hired out for functions. The ground is located just a few minutes walk away from the town centre and fromMaidenhead railway station.
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